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Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading

Name: ___________________________________ 3 Match 1–5 with a–f to make sentences.

Class: ___________________________________ 0 The students are looking e
Total: _________/56
1 I love my friends and I care ____
2 Let’s try to deal ____
Vocabulary
3 My dad is useless ____
1 Complete the sentences with the negative of the 4 You can depend ____
words in the box by adding un-, in-, im-, dis- or ir-.
5 Jen is interested ____
There are two extra words.
adventurous dependent friendly honest a with this problem together.
polite popular selfish responsible
b about them very much.
0 The people at my new club were quite c on me to help you.
unfriendly at first and didn’t really speak to me. d in journalism as a career.
e forward to their school trip.
1 John was ____________________
dishonest and didn’t tell
f at Maths.
his parents the truth.
/5
2 Tim doesn’t want to try new experiences.
He’s quite ____________________.
unadventurous
3 Bill enjoys living in his own flat and being Grammar
____________________.
dependent 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
4 Anna is rude to everyone, she’s the most -ing or to infinitive form of the verb in brackets.
____________________
inpolite person I know. 0 Jake is considering becoming (become) a
5 Leon forgot to turn off the lights when he doctor when he leaves school.
went to sleep and they were on all night – it fixing
1 Max spent an hour ____________ (fix) his bike
was very ____________________.
inresponsible yesterday.
/5 2 I hope you managed ____________
to finish (finish) all
your homework.
2 Complete the sentences with the words and helping
3 I don’t mind ____________ (help) you with the
phrases in the box. There are two extra items.
party, if you want.
biologist text messages update 4 Sophie loves that dress in the window, but she
discovery password gravity to buy
can’t afford ____________ (buy) it.
web browser computer science
5 Would you prefer ____________
to go (go) out or stay
0 To use some mobile devices, you need to put in a at home tonight?
password.
/5
update
1 I don’t _________________ my profile very often
5 Complete the sentences with the correct Past
because nothing really changes in my life.
web browser Simple or Past Continuous form of the verb in
2 There’s something wrong with the ___________
brackets.
____________ I use and I can’t get online.
0 I was walking (walk) home when it suddenly
3 I never use my mobile to call people, but I send
started to snow.
lots of _________________.
text messages 1 Dad was busy working, so he ________________
didn't hear
4 He’s very interested in science so he went to
(not hear) me open the front door.
university to become a _________________.
biologist
2 I ________________
was chatting (chat) with my friends when
5 In your opinion, what was the greatest
he arrived at the café.
_________________
discovery of the twentieth century?
3 The weather ________________
was (be) nice last
/5
Sunday – really warm!

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Then when I 7 ____ home, I sent an email with
some of the photos to my friend. REVIEW TEST 1 ● GROUP A
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading

4 Our dog ________________

was sittijng (sit) in his basket great photos of the models of spacecraft they had
when he suddenly heard a noise. there. Then when I 7 ____ home, I sent an email with
5 The students _________________
weren't working(not work) some of the photos to my friend. But I was a bit
disappointed 8 ____ them because the colours
when the teacher walked back into the
weren’t so good – not nearly as amazing as the real
classroom, so she was cross.
thing!
/5
6 Use the prompts to write questions.
0 What time you / go / to school / every morning? 0 A joined B went
What time do you go to school every morning? C had D visited

1 What / your sister / do / today? 1 A keen B interested

C excited D inspired
____________________________________
What is your sister going to do today?
2 A During B While
____________________________________ C Until D By
2 you / use to / play football / when / you / be / 3 A astronomers B physicists
C researchers D astronauts
a child?
4 A before B after
You used to play football when
____________________________________ C when D by
you were a child?
____________________________________ 5 A By B As soon as
3 How many languages / your parents / speak? C When D During
6 A so many B so much
____________________________________ C such a D such an
____________________________________ 7 A got B reached
4 you / ever / meet / anyone famous? C passed D moved
8 A for B of
____________________________________
Have you ever met anyone C with D from
famous?
____________________________________ /8
5 Who / you / wait / for / now? 8 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
Who are you waiting for now?
____________________________________
My father works 0 as a scientist and I think he
____________________________________ always wanted me 1 ____________
to share his
interest. So when I was a child, he always took me
/5
to his lab every weekend and showed me the
Use of English things he was working 2 ____________
on there.
7 Read the text and choose the correct answer, A, I loved going there and I thought my dad was
3
B, C or D. ____________
was a great scientist. I wanted to grow
4
____________ and become a brilliant scientist,
Just recently, I 0 C a fantastic trip abroad with my
like him.
college, and one day we visited a science museum.
Sadly, though, that has 5 ___________ happened!
I was very 1 ____ about the visit because I love
And in fact, now I’m older, I’ve realised I really
anything to do with space. 2 ____ we were there, we 6
____________ stand studying Biology! It’s just
wanted to learn about the history of space travel,
not my subject. But luckily I love Maths and Dad’s
and the conditions that 3____ have to live in 4 ____
passionate 7 ____________ that, too!
they are travelling in space. 5 ____ our visit, the
museum staff were great and told us 6 ____ /7
interesting things about space travel. I took some

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 REVIEW TEST 1 ● GROUP A
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading

9 Complete the second sentence so that it has a ONE DAY ONLY – Tech Talk
similar meaning to the first.
Have you had your old desktop computer for a
0 Tom switched on the TV and started to watch. while? Is it time for a new laptop? Are you visiting
Then the phone rang. websites to compare different computers and find
Tom was watching the TV when the phone one that’s right for you? Stop! We have all the
rang. answers you need.
1 I really like it when we write stories in class. Look and try before you decide to buy. Come and
see the latest computers all in one place, this
I really enjoy _________________
writing stories in class.
Saturday. They are here for you to use.
2 She is so insensitive! Listen while we give you details on what
such an
She is _________________ insensitive girl! each computer can do. You’ll get lots of useful
3 Try not to spend too much money in town. information so that you know which computer is
Try to avoid _________________
spending too much best for you when you’re ready to buy.
money in town.
2 The text tells readers they can
4 I never went to the countryside when I was
A get useful information about computers.
little.
B buy any computer they try.
I _________________
have never to go to the countryside C find out which websites to visit.
when I was little.
5 She is obsessed with their music! THE SCIENCE OF THE STARS
She is _________________
crazy about their music! On a clear night, you can see the Moon and stars.
/5 How many are there? We don’t know. Where
does space end? Does it end? We don’t know.
Astronomers, however, are looking for answers to
Reading
these important questions that affect us all. They
10 Read three texts. Choose the correct answer, A, observe the sky and analyse their data. They
B or C for each text. discover new stars and planets. They also develop
theories to explain what space is and Earth’s place in
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY it. For these reasons, astronomy is one of the most
I remember my first mobile phone. It was very big, interesting sciences in the world. But why are there
but the screen was quite small when you think so few astronomers? Why aren’t young people keen
about the smartphones of today. I could only use it on learning about it?
for calls and messages. At the time, however, it
looked so great to me. Can you imagine how it 3 The text says that astronomy
changed people’s lives? Suddenly, with this useful A is a very easy subject do study.
little invention, communication was so easy. Now B is only interesting to astronomers.
we have smartphones with digital cameras and C isn’t popular with many students.
Internet. Mobile technology is always getting better.
I wonder what the next generation of mobile phones /6
will be like.

1 The author of the text is

A describing what a phone can do.
B discussing how phones have changed.
C explaining how to use a phone.

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